The historic gatekeeper's house was built in 1820 on the medieval City wall built next to the Neubulach Silver Gate. There he rose Gatekeeper a toll for crossing the Calwer Gate. The The city wall is largely preserved and dates back to the 13th century back.

At that time the city only had 2 goals: Calwer (Silver Gate) and that Wildberger Tor accessible because there was a large ditch in front of the city wall. The Wildberger Tor was demolished in 1817.